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Music for the Masses: I’m in the Mood for Ska #3 (Audio)
Featuring a light-hearted mix of classic and contemporary ska — the music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s and has inspired fabulous and fascinating fusions with musical styles the world over. (Part 3 of a highly irregular series.)
"Music for the Masses" invites you on an excursion of sound and rhythm. Discover the music of established and emerging artists, both signed and unsigned, on the international music scene. For the avid globe-hopper and armchair traveler alike. You might want to pack a map and a sandwich. Catskill resident "DJ Neva" is an ethnomusicologist, producer, and long-time cultural activist, specializing in music from the entire African continent, as well as the Caribbean and Latin America, the Maghreb and Middle East, and the Roma (Gypsy) diaspora. Formerly the producer of "Continental Drift" on WBAI-FM and New York International on Haitian community station Radio Soleil in NYC. The show is broadcast live from Catskill, NY.
Playlist:
- Stigmergy / Natural Information Society
- This is Radio Clash (Album Version) / The Clash
- Soul of Africa / Prince Buster
- Freedom Train / Laurel Aitken
- Guns Fever / Baba Brooks
- Confucious / The Skatalites
- Contact (with Baba Brooks & His Recording Band) / Roy Richards
- El Torro (Edit) / Roland Alphonso
- Train to Skaville / The Ethiopians
- Bangarang / Stranger Cole
- Jumping With Mr. Lee / Val Bennett
- Freedom Street / Ken Boothe
- Wonderful World, Beautiful People / Jimmy Cliff
- Remember That Sunday / Alton Ellis
- Sweet Sensation / The Melodians
- Wings Of A Dove - Original / Byron Lee and The Dragonaires
- Psalm 9 to Keep In Mind (feat. Bobby Ellis) / Tommy McCook
- The Peacock / Gramps Morgan
- Rangos / Dean Fraser, Ernie Ranglin
- Big Trombone / Lord Tanamo with Dr. Ring-Ding & The Senior Allstars
- Imperio Negro / Los Guanábana
- Venska Pro Papai / Caldo de Piaba
- Rocksteady 147 / Orquestra Brasileira de Musica Jamaicana
- Survie / Youssou Ndour
- Singalong Day / Melbourne Ska Orchestra
- Satisfação / Elvis Boamorte
- Hora Din Petrosnitza / Gypsy Ska Orquesta
- Bangbang / Eljuri
- Zing Nati Zing / Paul Beaubrun
- Mi Vida sin tu Amor / Mino;Son Rompe Pera
- Mariskal / Proyecto Secreto